Tonyloz Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Hi all The vacuum advance bellows on my distributor has decided to call it a day! Question is On ebay there are complete new distributors for very little money compared to buying a new vacuum unit for my existing unit Has anyone any experiances with these units? Or has anyone got a spare vavuum unit they are will ing to sell Thanks Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 We have some very good guys on both sides of the Atlantic who rebuild original distributors quite reasonably. I wouldn't dream of replacing my original with a modern (Indian, I'm guessing) reproduction! If you do go that route, at least put your original on the shelf for the day you want to put it back into service. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Talk to Martin he has new vacuum units http://www.distributordoctor.com/ Ask him about those Ebay dizzy`s if you want to know the truth about them. Stuart.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 I bought a generic vacuum unit for my 25D dizzy from ebay, it works just fine & was not expensive. Like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25D-distributor-vacuum-unit-from-Powerspark-for-the-Lucas-25D-distributor-/120929773819?hash=item1c27f9e8fb:g:SWgAAOSwOyJX-3RV Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iain Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Talk to Martin he has new vacuum units http://www.distributordoctor.com/ Ask him about those Ebay dizzy`s if you want to know the truth about them. Stuart.. Good advice, Martin is the man. Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TS27004 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Little Money = Little Quality. Get your quality made original distributor repaired by a professional. Remember the £35 mechanical fuel pumps recently on sale! Horror stories... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Vincent Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 i recently bought a new vacuum unit for my distributor from Martin - he operates an exchange service, the new one arrived within 48 hours of me despatching my defective unit and cost about £50. The performance of the car was transformed. No more hiccoughing when pulling from low revs and a smoother drive all round. Rgds Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tonyloz Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Thanks all As i thought will give the lo cost ebay ones a miss and give martin jay a call Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 In EBay's defence --- There is not a lot to go wrong with the vacuum unit, mine from Ebay has been on since 2013, and is working fine, car is smooth, no flat spots, & returned 41 MPG on the Lincoln run to the IWE. No personal interest - just putting things in perspective. I would not buy a complete dizzy from Ebay though. Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 " Ask him about those Ebay dizzy`s if you want to know the truth about them. " I've listened to Martin's unexpurgated opinions about some of the repro distributors and components thereof on offer at low prices . . . . . Being a cynical sod, I've also taken the trouble to dismantle and examine a couple of dissies in detail myself - not impressed, to put it mildly, with the quality or specification. The 'one size fits all' repro approach does rather beg the question of why OE manufacturers like AC Delco, Lucas, Bosch, Marelli or Ducellier went to so much trouble to match their products to particular engine specifications. Maybe all the OE distributor manufacturers were wrong in the first place ? I don't doubt that the modern repros might well offer a reasonable performance for a reasonable period, given the modest mileages of most classics, but I very much doubt that they will match the original on the dyno . . . . . and everything |I've heard from rolling road specialists tends to confirm that suspicion. That's not to say that all repro ignition stuff is of poor calibre - some items are better than others, no question of that ! However, I can't really see the point of owning a £25K classic sports car and then fitting bargain basement repro ignition parts, rather defeats the object of a tuned engine to my way of thinking. Different matter if it's a budget saloon with a bog basic lump cooking under the bonnet. Caveat emptor, as ever. Cheers Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tonyloz Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Ive just bought a pair of master cylinders..brake and clutch from Moss and lo and behold they are chinese! Didnt know that when i ordered them! So no matter what you buy these days you going to have something chinese in your 25k classic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 If the Chinese kit is built to a specification set by Moss, and Moss is selling it, then I don't see a problem. Ditto if coming via Moss's shelves from India or other places east of Europe. One needs to be realistic about centres of production in the modern world. Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Ive just bought a pair of master cylinders..brake and clutch from Moss and lo and behold they are chinese! Didnt know that when i ordered them! So no matter what you buy these days you going to have something chinese in your 25k classic! One doesn't have to have Chinese stuff. My car's original master cylinders were re-sleeved in brass by Apple Hydraulics (US) and are back in service. (New China/India stuff may function, but it's fershure not as well finished as the original Girling bits). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 I've seen plenty of engineering product from China and India that is as good as, if not better than, anything that came out of Birmingham or Coventry factories in the 'good old days'. But it costs proper money, not peanuts. If those UK specialist buyers commissioning the manufacture are sufficiently diligent and persistent, then the Asian suppliers are more than capable of producing the quality we'd all like to see. The only problem is persuading the manufacturers that we really do want the quality, and that we're prepared to pay the appropriate price for it . . . . . Aye, and there's the rub . . . . . Cheers Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 My iPhone was assembled in China... with proper quality control at the end of the line. CQ is the key word here. There is a fair chance that Martin's are made in China as well. But as long as he's in charge of CQ and specs., there's nothing wrong with that. A few years back we had iffy waterpumps: the inside corroded! Made in India, sold by Moss. Let's say no contestant for the TR Gold Award... Menno Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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